Thanks for asking!

If you weren’t in leadership in a Worship/Arts position, what would you be doing right now? (what is your second passion in life?)

Russ
Media/Music Coordinator (some call it pastor) House oh Joy, Valdosta, GA

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Alastair.

The link love is there. My site is going thru some changes, but is currently up at thestoutsonline.com/blog1. I’ll change it to just the thestoutsonline.com when Network Solutions will release the Domain…

my lame question: which one of these questions was your favorite?

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Well, I was living in Vicksburg, MS … so my bearing was hard due East. Basically, I was flying onto the mainland several times a year from MS to produce and record in the studio at Christian Renewal Records (no longer an entity, but a studio/label we’d started out of Christian Renewal Ministries in Brunswick, GA). The Worship Pastor there, Mack Tucker, indicated that the smaller “Christian Renewal” church on St. Simons Island was in need of a music minister, so I jumped at the chance. The rest was history for nearly a dozen years before I felt it was time to step away from that ministry and make myself to available for whatever God had for the next season of my life, which in this case, was a great church a few miles down the road, still on St. Simons Island!

Some visit sometime!
Fred

My name is Alastair. I’m from Northern Ireland but have just moved out here (to NC) a few months back. Loving it so far, but very few people understand my accent.

Question: How did you end up on the island? Do you need to stay on a particular bearing to get there?

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Robert – that could be catostrophic.

Kim wrote:
“in your role as worship leader, what’s the part of your job you love the most, and how have you been able to leverage your time toward those things?” ….

Kim, my favorite part is the actual corporate worship time … leading worship corporately … I just love it. It’s not really something I have to leverage my time for, as it happens regardless – actually, I do this LESS, because part of my role is training and enabling new worship leaders … but this is turning out to be quite fulfilling as well!

OK – that’s got me caught up … I know a bunch of blog buddies who have NOT checked in yet … so c’mon gang, get with it!

Fred

Well, the title track would most likely be:
“My Stupid Mouth” by John Mayer.

Then, there is a old, but favorite by Gary Chapman,
“A Man After Your Own Heart” that would fit the bill, I hope.

Followed by,
“Send in the Clowns” (as I tend to be a clown sometimes!)

Ah, Rick. That’s a great question, and one that is troublesome to answer, because I’m just as grieved that I don’t put out more. There are several reasons, all of which could lump into the “excuses” category.
1. time … with all the hats I wear these days between my full-time job at the church, my e-business, theworshipcommunity.com, blogging, and of course, being a husband and father of 4 kids, I don’t seem to find much time in the studio these days. Which is a shame.
2. response … I’m so grateful to hear of your testimony, but the testimonies and/or podcast comments are far and few between … obviously, I should do it regardless if I feel I’m led to do so … but I’d seldom get any response, making me feel like I was just wasting my time. Response, testimonies encourages me that it’s not a waste of time, and that people really DO subscribe and really DO get ministered to from the podcasts! Your story really helped today!

For the Kingdom,
fred

Great to hear from you, and always a big treat to actually MEET someone from blogworld in person. You asked three questions, so let me see what I can do:
“for what are you most grateful for in life?” …
well, an obvious answer is my Savior, Jesus Christ. But since that should already be understood, my next response would clearly be my family – I’m overwhelmed with gratitude and thanksgiving for them.

What is it that allows you to best understand the grace and mercy of Christ?

>>> that would be every time I realize that Chris loves me, in spite of myself. I screw up all the time, so often. I say, rehearse, and think things in my mind that should never be public, and wrestle with thoughts, issues, motives, selfish ambitions, and all sorts of wicked things (like most of us, I suppose), and I then come face to face with the reality that Christ still loves me. So, I’d say living with, and knowing MYSELF is the best thing to keep me amazed at His mercy and grace.

AND – who was your favorite speaker at the Arts Conference?”

Hmm … the worship was my favorite! I enjoyed Franis Chan, though I was so tired, it made it a bit more difficult. My least favorite was McLaren, but I could’ve predicted that before I went. I also really enjoyed Richard Allen Farmer.

There ya go!
Fred

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OK, Mathew Daniel writes:
What’s your background? Does the church you’re in now reflect your theological beliefs (feel free to email you answer to that one)?

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Mathew,
Great question … glad to have another Charis-maniac out there. (haha). My background, as I’d stated earlier, was United Methodist. In my teen years my parents were exposed to more “charismatic, or full gospel” teaching regarding the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the sign gifts. This caused a shift in our place of worship, a new church plant in our small town, etc. Over the years, I’ve gone back to the Word of God and challenged almost everything I ever learned growing up in church, which has shaped (and continues to shape) where I stand today.

As for my church, the answer to that question is “yes” and “no”. Yes – they know where I stand, clearly. Yes, many on our staff believe the same way, and would fall into the same, or at least “somewhat similar” camps. On the other hand, our church has focused on unifying our “foundational doctrine” around the main elements of the Gospel – more of what you’d read in the “Apostles’ Creed”. So, for the more Charismatic leaning, this falls under our “Structural Doctrine”, which isn’t required for “membership”, etc. It basically expresses that our leadership gives the people the freedom to search the Scriptures and discover for themselves how they wish to interpret Scripture in these areas. If asked individuall, you will get a direct response from the leadership; however, it’s not a structural part of our Sunday AM teaching or doctrine every week. Clear as mud?

More answers coming … in stride.
Fred

My question for you: in your role as worship leader, what’s the part of your job you love the most, and how have you been able to leverage your time toward those things?

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Great question, Ryan … and thanks for asking. In my early teenage years, my parents helped to form a new church in my hometown … we’d grown up in the United Methodist Church, and this was a new thing … my Dad was the volunteer worship leader. He played guitar and since I’d played piano since I was old enough to climb on the piano bench, I played the piano. So I had exposure to this as a teenager, and I was later captivated by some of the instrumental worship and live “praise and worship” music that launched when Integrity Music started. HM003 “All Hail King Jesus” was probably their first album and I was blown away as a kid. I loved the music, loved the arrangements, and grew more and more in love with what I was hearing. At that moment, I knew I wanted to be involved in the creation/production of worship leading … it was years later that I finally decided that maybe I’d better get over my insecurity of singing in front of people, and learn to lead corporate worship, instead of just writing, arranging, and producing it!

Thanks again for the question – more Q&A’s to come.
Fred

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I’m Mandy. I’m a stay at home Mom. I hate getting flack for that because we work really hard. I think this is going to be my new response when folks say “what do you do for a living?

“I am socializing two Homo sapiens into the dominant values of the Judeo-Christian tradition in order that they might be instruments for the transformation of the social order into the kind of eschatological utopia that God willed from the beginning of creation.”

Think that sounds more acceptable?

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Brooke – I realized that since your URL change, you weren’t on my blogroll, so I updated that, along with your husband (who hasn’t checked in here yet, so get’er done).

As to the redneck verbage, my accent comes out very quickly within minutes in the woods. And something comes over me and says “yeah, this is who I am”.

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I’ve listened to your podcasts and to the wonderful worship music you have produced, my only question is why don’t you produce and release more?

An aunt of mine recently passed away and I put together a video slideshow with pictures of her and her family taken throughout her lifetime. I included episode 8 as background music, this song worked perfectly and imparted a feeling of reflection as images of the past were displayed. Thanks for offering this wonderful worship song for free and please develop more!

Rick Behymer
Brooking, SD

Happy Father’s Day everyone!

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